The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-15

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First--In tracing ont the religion
Of sectavianism, or bigotry, find that
4 great deal OF II comes from wrong
in the home circle. TEere
are parents who do not think II wrong
to csricsture and jeer the peculiar
forms OF religion In the world, and de-
nouucs other sects and other denomi-
nations. II is very often the case that
that kind Of education acts Just oppo.
site to what was expected,
and the children grow up, aud, after
while, 10 and sec for themselves;
and looking in those churches, and
finding that the people are good there,
and they love God and keep His com.
mandments, by natural reaction they |
60 and jDin those very CHURCHES. /
could mention ths names Of promi.
nsnt miuisters OF the gospel who ppent |
their whole life bombarding other
denominations and who lived to see
their children preach the gospel In
those very denominations. But II 10
often the case that bigotry etarts In q |
household, and thai the subject Of 1t
never RECEIVERS. There are tens OF
thousands OF bigots ten years old.
think sectstiaDism and bigo,ry
also rise from too great prominence Of
any one denomination In commun.
ity. All the other denominations are
wrong, and his denomination Is right
because his denomination is the moot
wealthy, or the most popular, or the
most Influential, and II Is "our"
church, aud "our" religious organ "a.
ton, and "our" choir, aud "oui" MN.
lister, and the man tosses bis head,
and wants other examinations 10
know their places. It's great deal
better In any community when the
great denominations Of Onlistiaos ore
about equal In power, marching eide
by side Tor the xorld's conquest. Mere
outside prosperity, mere worldly
power, 10 no evidencs that the church
Is accepiiDle to God. Better q barn
with Christ In the mmger, than q
cathedral with magnificent hsrmonies
rolling through the long drawn aisle
and an angel from heaven in the pull.
pit II there be no Christ in the chan.
col and no Christ In the robes. Big.
oirv 10 often the child OF ignorance.
Yon seldom find q man with large
intellec, who IL bigot. II is the man
who thinks he knows q great deal, bnt
does not. That man Is almost always
q biRot. The whole tendency Of
education ard civilization is to
brig man out OF that
kind Of state Of mipd and heart. There
was Ia the far east a great ooelisk, and
one side OF the obellsk was white, an.
other eide OF the obelisk was green,
anotl or eide OF the obelisk wss blue,
and travellers went and looked at that
obelisk, but they did not walk around
II. One man looked ut one side, an.
other at another aids, and they came
home each one looking ri only one
sidoi and they happened to meet. this
s'ory s,yr, and they got into rank
quarrel about the color OF that ODE
lisk. One msn said IL was white, an
other man taid II was green, another
man raid II Was blue, aad when the,
were Ia the very heat OF the contro
versy q more intelligent traveller CANT
and said: Gentlemen, / have seer
that obslisk, aud you are all right, anf
You are all wrong. Why didn't yoV
walk all around the obslisk 2"
Look out 70. the nan who sees only
one side OF q religious truth. Loci
out for tie man who never walk
around about these great theories o
God aud eternity and tho dead. III
will be q bigot inevitably--ths maj
Who only sees one side. There 10 n,
man more TO be pitied than be VIII,
! has In bis head. just one idea-n
! more, no !esa More light, less tects
riauism. There Ia nothing that vii
20 ,oon kill blgotry as sunshine
God's sunshine.
sec,pd-s) ! have set before 70,
what l consider TO be the causes q
bigotry. / have set before you In
origin oil this great evil. Whist ar
some OF the b,neful efsc 81 Fret {
all II cripples, Investigation. You NJ
, wrong and | am right, and tina, end
Il. No taste for EXP oration, no spir
of investigation. From the gloriou
{, realm Of Gods trutb, over which q
archangol might fly from eternity I
, eternity and tot reach the limit u
man shuts himself out and dies,
!, blind mole under corn shock.
! stops oil investigation.
: While each denomination Of ChtI
. tians isio present all the truths Of III
: Bible, II teens 10 me that God hi
: gwen 10 each denomination an e
: pecial mission 10 give particular en-
!. phasis &C. some one doctrine; and 4
: the Calvinistic churches must preser
= tue tover, isniy OF God, end N
= Arminisn churches must prsseI
, mans Tree sgsnoy, and the Epsoopl
/, churches must present tho importsn;
v Of order and solemn Ger Jmony, an
the Baptist ehurch,s must present n
: : necessity Of ordinances and the OoI
y grtgaiional Church must present n
y responsibility of the Individual men
= Der, and the Methodist Caurch mu
. show what holy enthusiasm hear
a cong,ssstional singing can sccomplis
J. While each denomination OF Uhri
!, iians must set forth all the dsc,rin,
" a the Bible i isel 10 10 especially Il
cumbent upon each denomination
!. put particular emphasis on some OF
= doctrine.
4 Another great damage done by Il
n sectarianiim and bigotry OF the churc
% is that II dislusts people with u
IA Christian religion. Now, my friend
N the Church oil God was never intend,
n for . war barrack. People are airs
N OF q riot You 10 down the street on
i you zee an excitement, aud mlssil,
a hylrs through the air, and you he
the shock OF are arms. Do you, n
a. peaceful and indusiriou, citizen, +,
A through that street7 oh, mol VI
a will say, "Pil 20 around the block
/. Now, men come and look upon III
NJ narrow path 10 heaven. aad nom
Il times see the eccleei 9tical brickba
10 flying every whittier, aud they a.
I. "Well, l guess I'll take the bros
" road II II 10 20 fou IN aud there Ia
d much sharp shooting on the mario
. road, ! suess I'll try the broad road
y Francis / 30 hated the Lutheral
!, that he SAID II he thousht there "
y one drop OF Lutheran blood In h
veins he would pu clure them az
10 let tina drop out. Just a. long